SEQUOYAH EAST NURSING CENTER, LLC
Inspection History Overview
Health Violations by Year
2025 10 violations
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Ensure each residentβs drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
2024 10 violations
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2023 21 violations
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Assure that each residentβs assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the residentβs advance directives.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2022 11 violations
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
2021 26 violations
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Notify the resident or the residentβs representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the residentβs bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentβs preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
2020 1 violations
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2019 9 violations
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Encode each residentβs assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
2018 2 violations
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2017 2 violations
1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.
Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.
2016 4 violations
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
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Fines and Penalties by Year
2022 8 penalties totaling $15,113
2021 10 penalties totaling $35,712
Fire Safety Deficiencies
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